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480 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781468308952
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
Publication date: 01 September 2011
Description
In October 1839, a cabinet meeting in Windsor voted to fight Britain's first Opium War with China. The conflict turned out to be rich in tragicomedy: in bureaucratic fumblings, military missteps, political opportunism and collaboration. Yet over t...
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480 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781468308952
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
Publication date: 01 September 2011
Description
In October 1839, a cabinet meeting in Windsor voted to fight Britain's first Opium War with China. The conflict turned out to be rich in tragicomedy: in bureaucratic fumblings, military missteps, political opportunism and collaboration. Yet over t...